James Van Der Beek

Plucked from obscurity to become an instant heartthrob, James Van Der Beek played the earnest, hypersensitive high school kid Dawson Leery on the seminal teen soap "Dawson's Creek" (The WB, 1998-2003)...
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Stars including Ashton Kutcher and Miley Cyrus have waded into the debate over a controversial new law which has been passed in Indiana amid fears it could lead to discrimination against gay couples. Star Trek actor George Takei was so outraged by the passing of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which many claim could allow businesses to turn away homosexual customers, on Thursday (26Mar15) that he called for a major boycott of the state.
Now more high-profile names have spoken out against the act and taken aim at Indiana Governor Mike Pence for signing the bill into law.
Pop star Cyrus posted a picture of Pence on her Instagram.com page and added in a caption, "You're an a**hole (Governor Mike Pence)... The only place that has more idiots (than) Instagram is in politics... We need more strong heterosexual men fighting for equality in both men and women! Why are the macho afraid to love muchoooo?!? (sic)"
Hollywood actor Kutcher also expressed his rage via Twitter.com and praised bosses of a software company for joining a business boycott of the state, writing, "Indiana? Seriously? Really? Bravo Salesforce for taking a stand... Hope more companies follow... Indiana are you also going to allow Christian establishments to ban Jews from coming in? Or Vice Versa? Religious freedom??? #Outrage."
Former Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek tweets, "If you say you love this country for its freedoms, but want to deny gays the same freedoms you enjoy, you sound like a hypocrite... And - just to clarify - 'freedom' is the right to live how you choose. It's not the right to choose how everyone else lives... Also - I remember Jesus saying 'Don't judge...' & 'Love your neighbour as yourself.' I don't recall him saying it was cool to discriminate."
Actress Sophia Bush vowed to avoid the state in future, writing, "Whelp. I live in the Midwest now, but I won't be visiting Indiana any time soon..." while other critics of the new law include fun. star Jack Antonoff, screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, actress/singer Audra McDonald, New Kids on the Block star Jonathan Knight and former child actress Mara Wilson.

Whoever said the music video was dead clearly wasn’t paying attention to the influx of buzzy videos from today’s artists featuring major star power. Shia LaBoeuf took Sia’s “Elastic Heart” video to an unexpected place, Natalie Dormer gave a sexy twist to Hozier’s “Someone New” video, and most recently, Oscar-winner Tom Hanks popped up in Carly Rae Jepsen’s “I Really Like You” video. It got us thinking about some past examples of this trend and we stumbled upon some other music videos featuring familiar faces. You may have forgotten about some of these so allow us to refresh your memory.
1. Wentworth Miller – Mariah Carey’s "Like That" and “We Belong Together”
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Before he became a torso-tatted hottie in Prison Break, Wentworth Miller was the star of Mariah’s “Like That” and “We Belong Together” videos. We’d be a runaway bride for him too!
2. Alexander Skarsgard – Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi”
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Gaga met her current fiancé during a shoot for one of her music videos. Skarsgard, it could have been you!
3. James Van Der Beek – Kesha's “Blow”
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Unicorns, lasers and the Beek. We don’t know why James agreed to do this video but we’re extremely glad he did.
4. Eva Mendes – Will Smith’s "Welcome to Miami"
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Before they starred together in Hitch, Eva appeared in Will’s video for “Welcome to Miami.”
5. Jeremy Renner – Pink’s “Trouble”
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We totally forgot Jeremy starred as Pink’s love interest in her Wild West-inspired video for “Trouble.”
6. Rupert Grint – Ed Sheeran’s “Lego House”
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Two redheads for the price of one!
7. Zach Galifianakis - Fiona Apple’s “Not About Love”
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We still find it so random that Zach Galifianakis and Fiona Apple are buds.
8. Scarlett Johansson – Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around Comes Around”
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Scarlett played Justin's hard-to-get love interest in this video, and later co-starred with his wife Jessica Biel in the movie Hitchcock.
9. Channing Tatum - Ricky Martin's "She Bangs"
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Blink and you’ll miss it, but that’s Channing Tatum as a shirtless bartender in the “She Bangs” video. It was one of his first gigs and Ricky Martin was still singing about girls, so you know it’s from a while ago.
10. Megan Fox and Dominic Monaghan - Eminem &amp; Rihanna's "Love the Way You Lie"
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The two stars play a volatile couple in this intense vid.
11. Aaron Paul - Korn's "Thoughtless"
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Yep, that's future Jesse Pinkman playing a bullied teen in Korn's "Thoughtless" video.
12. Mischa Barton - Enrique Iglesias' "Addicted"
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Remember the days when Mischa Barton was in the high demand?
Did you remember these? Tell us your favorite celeb-starring music videos on Twitter!
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Actor/rapper Shad Moss won his role on new U.S. TV series Csi: Cyber after recording an audition tape during a commercial break of music countdown show 106 & Park. Moss, also known by his MC name Bow Wow, stars as an FBI agent in the programme, which is the latest spin-off series from the popular CSI: Crime Scene Investigation franchise.
However, the hip-hop star, who has turned to acting and TV presenting in recent years, only had limited time to audition for the role.
He says, "At the time I was hosting 106 & Park (in New York City), and my mother had called me in the middle of a commercial break, and she said, 'CSI: Cyber is coming up. They want you to audition for it.'
"I remember just going to my dressing room, flipping open my Mac Book, and my friend was reading lines with me. I literally had to do it in 10 minutes, because we were on the air live and I did it in between during the commercial break... I did it, sent it over, asked my boy, 'Is it good?' and he said, 'Yeah, I think this is gonna work', and I said, I trust you.'
Next thing I know, I get a call from (executive producer) Anthony (Zuiker), and he was like, 'I got a plane ticket for you. Come to L.A."
Moss appears in the series with newly-crowned Oscar winner Patricia Arquette and James Van Der Beek.

Producers behind the hit Power Rangers TV franchise have threatened legal action against a filmmaker after he uploaded a violent spoof starring James Van Der Beek online. Adi Shankar, who has worked as an executive producer on films including Lone Survivor and Dredd, shot the dark footage with the former Dawson's Creek star and recently uploaded it to the Vimeo video website.
Bosses at SCG Power Rangers LLC are not happy with the film and have demanded Shankar take it down, but the moviemaker is refusing to bow to the pressure until he is served with a cease and desist notice, according to TMZ.com.

Actor James Van Der Beek and his former Dawson'S Creek co-star Joshua Jackson had an impromptu reunion in Los Angeles on Saturday (15Nov14). The actors played onscreen best friends on the popular 1990s teen drama and Van Der Beek teased fans eager for a Dawson's Creek reunion by posting a photo on Instagram.com showing himself alongside his old pal Jackson.
He added the caption, "The most pleasant run-ins can happen in the most unexpected places..."
While Van Der Beek previously stated there will most likely never be an official reunion due to creator Kevin Williamson's disinterest in creating a follow-up, Williamson, along with writers from the series, will be coming back together at the ATX Television Festival in Austin, Texas next year (15) for a special panel.
Neither Jackson, Van Der Beek, or co-stars Katie Holmes and Michelle Williams, have signed up to participate in the event.
Dawson's Creek ended its six-season run in 2003.

These celebrities are advocates for #HeForShe (and Emma Watson). HeForShe is a “solidarity movement for gender equality.” It is a campaign led by UN Women, that encourages men all over the world to speak out against the inequalities faced by women and girls. Emma Watson invited these men to the table with an amazing speech, in which she said, “I’m inviting you to step forward, to be seen, and to ask yourself…if not me, who? If not now, when?”
See what male celebrities have already spoken out in support of this movement:
Harry Styles
I'm supporting @UN_Women and @EmWatson in #HeForShe As should you.. pic.twitter.com/RYtM4SKkqN
— Harry Styles (@Harry_Styles) September 25, 2014
Tom Hiddleston
.@EmWatson you are impeccable &amp; extraordinary. I stand with you. I believe in gender equality. #heforshe pic.twitter.com/xXQsyJ7WfP
— Tom Hiddleston (@twhiddleston) September 24, 2014
"Both men &amp; women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men &amp; women should feel free to be strong". @EmWatson: http://t.co/SWOSIsRuu0
— Tom Hiddleston (@twhiddleston) September 24, 2014
Chris Rankin
As a #HeForShe, I'm committed to #genderequality. I invite you to stand with me. @HeForShe http://t.co/BAFUlCHY3H
— Chris Rankin (@chrisrankin) September 24, 2014
Matthew Lewis
So proud of @EmWatson. From the girl I grew up with to the inspirational woman she is today. I'm with you. #heforshe pic.twitter.com/0j316BBznB
— Matthew Lewis (@Mattdavelewis) September 24, 2014
Kevin Durand
Stand up for your women. Stand up for your men. Stand up for equality. #heforshe pic.twitter.com/r2oY4sR6Kv
— Kevin Durand (@onemightytree) September 24, 2014
Chris Kluwe
Why do I support #heforshe? Because I have a wife, a sister, daughters, a mother; and they are just as capable and valuable as I am.
— Chris Kluwe (@ChrisWarcraft) September 24, 2014
Logan Lerman
My friend @EmWatson delivered a powerful speech to the UN http://t.co/yWtW3mjqBh I support equality. #HeForShe pic.twitter.com/gCNTK1BNvx
— Logan Lerman (@LoganLerman) September 23, 2014
Chris Colfer
#HeForShe is a great cause to get behind! Please check it out. So proud of @EmWatson! pic.twitter.com/lJrUWcmPEo
— Chris Colfer (@chriscolfer) September 23, 2014
Simon Pegg
Husband to a wife, father to a daughter, son to a mother. You bet I'm on board, @EmWatson! #heforshe pic.twitter.com/5SyIKIbCZo
— Simon Pegg (@simonpegg) September 23, 2014
Douglas Booth
I am a passionate supporter of gender equality. @EmWatson @HeForShe @UN_Women pic.twitter.com/IpudHsNpu3
— Douglas Booth (@DouglasBooth) September 20, 2014
Gregg Sulkin
Emma Watson. I applaud you. http://t.co/7sTF6KsQKx
— Gregg Sulkin (@greggsulkin) September 23, 2014
Joseph Gordon Levitt
And speaking of #Feminism, @EmWatson is doing a great project called #HeForShe. Go check it out http://t.co/vSrNTdFY3Q
— Joseph Gordon-Levitt (@hitRECordJoe) September 22, 2014
But he’s been a very active feminist for a while now!
Trying to hash tag #Feminism, 1st autofill on twitter is "#FeministsAreUgly." http://t.co/jjLMQ67bzl
— Joseph Gordon-Levitt (@hitRECordJoe) September 22, 2014
Neil Galman
As a feminist and a human being, I agree with @emwatson (read her speech) @UN_women #heforshe (pic by @amandapalmer) pic.twitter.com/prm1O2LRUg
— Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) September 23, 2014
Forest Whitaker
Proud to support the #HeForShe campaign of @UN_Women pic.twitter.com/BVMoJ4oJph
— Forest Whitaker (@ForestWhitaker) September 20, 2014
Luke Pasqualino
I'm committed to #genderequality. I invite you to stand with me. @HeForShe http://t.co/HUC3Q6qZBb @EmWatson pic.twitter.com/VukH9a51No
— Luke Pasqualino (@LucaPasqualino) September 24, 2014
Luke Newberry
Brilliantly said @EmWatson #Freedom #HeForShe pic.twitter.com/TtNBRHLhGm
— Luke Newberry (@lukenewberry) September 23, 2014
James Van Der Beek
Guys, @EmWatson really got it right. Gender equality isn't about taking a side, it's about human dignity for all. It's evolution #HeForShe
— James Van Der Beek (@vanderjames) September 23, 2014
Russell Crowe
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— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) September 24, 2014
We salute these men for speaking out in support of equality and hope to see more stars, and regular folk like us, join in with them!
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Simon Pegg, Kate Bosworth and Joseph Gordon-Levitt have thrown their support behind embattled actress Emma Watson after hackers threatened to leak nude pictures of her just days after her hard-hitting pro-feminism speech. The Harry Potter star hit headlines after addressing United Nations (U.N.) delegates in New York on Saturday (20Sep14) in her role as a Goodwill Ambassador to promote the organisation's HeForShe campaign.
Hackers targeted the actress a day after her gender equality speech and threatened to release nude pictures of her on Friday (26Sep14) as part of the ongoing leaks which have affected stars across Hollywood.
Watson has now received a wave of celebrity support with numerous stars throwing their weight behind the campaign.
Fellow actress Kate Bosworth sent Watson a message on Tuesday (23Sep14) calling her speech "powerful" while British star Pegg wrote, "Husband to a wife, father to a daughter, son to a mother. You bet I'm on board, @EmWatson! #heforshe."
James Van Der Beek writes, "Guys, @EmWatson really got it right. Gender equality isn't about taking a side, it's about human dignity for all. It's evolution #HeForShe (sic)."
She has also received support from Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who praised her for tackling the subject of feminism, while country singer Jenifer Nettles wrote, "Way to go @EmWatson! It's not us against them'! We're all in this together! #feminismispositiveforall (sic)."
Sophia Bush, Carly Rae Jepsen, Camilla Belle, Jessie Ware, Paloma Faith, Ellie Goulding and Freida Pinto are among the other female stars who have also thrown their support behind Watson.

You know what an “ugly cry” is, right? It’s when a person is crying so hard, they have no control over their face, and even if they’re the prettiest person in the world, they somehow manage to look ugly. If you’ve never seen it, and you think you’ve never done it (you have), don’t worry. There’s been plenty of these moments caught on camera for us to enjoy.
Snooki (Jersey Shore)
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Abby (Dance Moms)
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Deena (Jersey Shore)
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Project Runway contestant
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Justin Long (New Girl)
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Taylor Armstrong (RHOBH)
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Gretchen Rossi (RHOC)
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Romona (RHONY)
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Teresa Guidice (RHONJ)
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Misha Collins (Castiel on Supernatural)
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James Van der Beek (Dawnson Leery on Dawson’s Creek)
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And the person with the ugliest cry goes to reality queen…Kim Kardashian
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To everyone on this list: it’s okay, we all ugly cry too. There’s only one person on this planet who does not have an ugly cry and that is Sophia Bush.
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Every Nicholas Sparks movie follows a similar formula. There are good looking people who fall in love, usually by a lake, and are separated by unforeseen circumstances – sometimes war, sometimes cancer, sometimes overprotective parents, sometimes all of the above. Eventually, they reconnect and fall back in love, only for a shocking twist to tear them apart again. Usually their love manages to transcend all obstacles. And every single time, without fail, you will cry.
Sparks’ latest film, The Best of Me, follows that formula to a T. (That’s not necessarily a bad thing; sometimes you just want something familiar and comfortable to cry to on rainy Saturday.) This time around, the pretty people that fall in love by the lake are named Amanda and Dawson (sadly not played by James Van Der Beek), and their relationship endures both her interfering father and his near-death experience. There is, of course, also a shocking twist... it’s just not the kind you’re thinking of.
See, for much of the trailer, you’re under the impression that this is going to be the tale of the star-crossed love between a teenage girl and her older, bad boy-with-a-heart-of-gold boyfriend. All the clues point to this being the plot: Amanda spots him brooding on his car by himself, he reads to her in trees, he dresses in the classic “tight shirt and jeans” uniform, her father wants to keep them apart for her own good. Oh, and Luke Bracey looks at least 15 years older than Liana Liberato. But then you keep watching the trailer, and it hits you. This isn’t a story about age being nothing but a number. In fact, they’re supposed to be the same age, despite the fact that he looks like he’s in his mid-30s and she’s clearly in high school. Even Dawson’s Creek did a better job of casting people who looked like they could be taking Algebra together, and most of that cast had been over the legal drinking age for years.
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Once you get over that shock, you discover that Bracey is meant to be playing the younger version of James Marsden’s character — which is something of a problem, considering the fact that they look nothing alike. They don’t even have the same color eyes. And most bizarrely, whoever edited this video decided to highlight the disparity between the male leads with a slow dissolve from one to the other. Instead of thinking “Oh, how sweet, he always loved her,” you’re instead left going “Wait… does James Marsden actually look younger than his teenage self? What the hell?”
It’s strange. It’s bizarre. It jars you right out of whatever gooey, romantic thoughts about love overcoming time and parental disapproval and searching for clues to see if you can predict which character ends up having the terminal illness. It’s also the most fascinating a Nicholas Sparks movie has ever been, so maybe it was all done on purpose. Maybe his character has Benjamin Button’s disease and that’s why they can’t be together. It would, at the very least, be an exciting change from his standard cancer/war/dementia bag of tricks.
Hopefully we’ll be able to figure this whole thing out when The Best of Me opens on October 17.
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James Van Der Beek's role on axed TV sitcom Don't Trust The B---- In Apartment 23 was originally written for Lance Bass, according to the pop star himself. The former 'N Sync star reveals he was being lined up to play an exaggerated version of himself on the comedy show, but ended up getting dropped in favour of former Dawson's Creek actor Van Der Beek.
He tells U.S. news show Entertainment Tonight, "James Van Der Beek's role in Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, that was written for me.
"I was the original guy. I did the (screen) test for that and all the table reads for that, and then James Van Der Beek said, 'Hey, I wanna do TV again' and stole my job!"
The shortlived show, which also starred Krysten Ritter, was scrapped from America's ABC network last year (13) in the midst of its second season due to low viewing figures.

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Returned to the stage in the New York Premiere of Lanford Wilson's "Rain Dance"

Co-starred with Mary McCormack in the independent drama "Harvest"

Played the leading role in the high school football feature "Varsity Blues"

Co-starred in the indie comedy "Standing Still"

Appeared in a revival of the musical "Shenandoah" at the Goodspeed Opera House

Breakthrough role as aspiring filmmaker Dawson Leery on The WB teen drama series "Dawson's Creek"

Played Sean Bateman in the film adaptation of Brett Easton Ellis' "The Rules of Attraction"; written and directed by Roger Avary

Cast in the two-part, post-Super Bowl episode of "Criminal Minds" (CBS) playing a man with Dissociative Identity Disorder

Made film debut as a sadistic bully in "Angus"

Made professional stage debut in the off-Broadway production of Edward Albee's "Finding the Sun"

Played a recurring role on "One Tree Hill" (The CW) as a movie director

Played a fictionalized version of himself on ABC comedy "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23"

Cast as a doctor on the medical drama "Mercy" (NBC)

Starred as Danny Zuko in a community theater production of "Grease"

Appeared in the independent film "I Love You, I Love You Not" opposite Claire Danes and Jude Law

Co-starred in the Western themed "Texas Rangers"

Summary

Plucked from obscurity to become an instant heartthrob, James Van Der Beek played the earnest, hypersensitive high school kid Dawson Leery on the seminal teen soap "Dawson's Creek" (The WB, 1998-2003). The weekly foibles of Dawson and his adolescently-charged, anachronistically savvy friends made breakout stars of Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Michelle Williams and Joshua Jackson. It provided the actor with a launchpad for roles in youth-targeted movies, among them "Varsity Blues" (1999), "Texas Rangers" (2001) and "Rules of Attraction" (2002). After "Dawson" shuttered, Van Der Beek found consistent project work difficult to come by. He ramped his screen presence back up in the late 2000s, scoring star billings in the NBC miniseries "The Storm" (2009) and buzz-worthy indie project in "Formosa Betrayed" (2010), capped by his mid-season casting on the NBC medical drama "Mercy" (2009-2010) and playing a version of himself on the hotly anticipated sitcom "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23" (ABC, 2012- ). Amid a career renaissance of sorts, Van Der Beek still remained inexorably tied in the public mind to his central role in The WB Generation's most iconic coming-of-age tale.

Met during the filming of "Dawson's Creek" (The WB) in 1998; Announced engagement on Christmas 2001; Married July 5, 2003; Announced separation in June 2009; Filed for divorce in November 2009; Divorced June 3, 2010

James Van Der Beek

Father

Former pitcher for the Dodgers

Melinda Van Der Beek

Mother

Jared Van Der Beek

Brother

Born c. 1979

Juliana Van Der Beek

Sister

Born c. 1981

Olivia Van Der Beek

Daughter

Born Sept. 25, 2010; mother, Kimberly Brook

Joshua Van Der Beek

Son

Born March 13, 2012; mother, Kimberly Brook

Education

Name

Cheshire Academy

Drew University

Notes

"Costar Joshua Jackson says that Van Der Beek is just as 'sweet' and 'earnest' as the character he plays. 'He's the good-looking, polite, college-educated kid who says 'sir' and 'madam.' That squeaky-clean image is no act.'" – from People magazine, March 23, 1998

"The problem with teen idols is they grow up. The trick is to prove you're an actor in the process. I'm trying to establish myself as an actor as opposed to a novelty, but I can use the novelty-item status to get opportunities to act. So, I've got an opportunity here. I don't know if it'll work" – Van Der Beek to Movieline magazine, February 1999